Hybrid smartwatches to make up over 50% of smartwatch shipments by 2022, as fashion beats function

A new report by Juniper Research found that hybrid smartwatches such as Fossil Q and Nokia Steel, which appear to be analogue watches but integrate some smartwatch functionality, will make up over 50% of the smartwatches market in 2022.

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September 7, 2017

Shipments of connected wearables will reach 262 million in 2021, says Berg Insight

Berg Insight, the M2M/IoT market research provider, released new findings about the connected wearables market. Shipments of connected wearables reached 96.5 million in 2016, up from 75.1 million devices in the previous year.

Actility, a provider of Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN), is to co-invest in a new corporate entity called ThingPark China, along with Ginko Ventures, in a move to speed the deployment of LPWA across China.

The race to get new internet-connected products to market and jump on the IoT bandwagon is compromising security and putting customers’ personal data at risk, say security researchers at Context Information Security.

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March 18, 2016

Don’t let security ‘shock stars’ ruin M2M

Have you noticed how Security seem to think they’re the new rock and roll now?

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December 17, 2015

Shipments of connected wearables will reach 228 million in 2020

According to a new report from the M2M/IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, shipments of connected wearables reached 72.5 million in 2015, up from 25.3 million devices in the previous year.

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December 10, 2015

Shifting our IoT perspective: what’s Maslow got to do with the IoT?

Now is an exciting time to be in the Internet of Things (IoT) space with innovation and growth abounding. Unfortunately, this has led to confusing messages for the average consumer. Technology seems to lead to discussions around the IoT and, while techies rejoice, real consumers seem confused. As an industry – with a few notable exceptions – we haven’t really done a good [...]

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March 28, 2012

M2M Now appoints Larsson and Bufalino to its Editorial Advisory Board

M2M Now continues to strengthen its unrivalled Editorial Advisory Board, this time with the addition of two well-known M2M industry figures, Gwenn Larsson, Telenor Connexion’s Head of Marketing and Partner Management, and Alexander Bufalino, Chief Marketing Officer at Telit Wireless Solutions.

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February 24, 2012

Police stay a step ahead of criminals with world’s first handheld public safety LTE device

The first global media brand of its kind, IoT Now explores the evolving opportunities and challenges facing Enterprises in the adoption and deployment of IoT, and we pass on some lessons learned from those who have taken the first steps in next gen IoT services.